Yasmin
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| Pronunciation | Arabic: [ˈjɑːsmiːn], Turkish: [jaseˈmin], English: /ˈjæzmɪn/, English: /ˈjæsmɪn/, Hindustani: [ˈjaːsmiːn]. |
| Gender | Female |
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| Word/Name | From the Persian word for Jasmine |
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| Variant form(s) | Yasamin, Yasemin, Yasmeen, Yasmina, Yasmine, Yassmin |
Yasmin (Persian: یاسمین yâsamin) is a feminine given name and means 'Gift from God'.
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[edit] Etymology
Yasmin is the name in Persian for a flowering plant, and from which the name Jasmine derives.
The pronunciation of Yasmin is often parallel with the English Jasmine, but in Arabic, Persian and Turkish, the "s" is not taken as a "z", and so is often pronounced as /ˈjæsmɪn/.
[edit] Given name
[edit] Yasemin
- Yasemin Dalkılıç (born 1979), Turkish free diver
- Yasemin Ergene (born 1985), Turkish actress
- Yasemin Horasan (born 1983), Turkish basketball player
- Yasemin Kimyacıoğlu, Turkish-American basketball player
- Yasemin Kozanoğlu (born 1978), Turkish actress and model
- Yasemin Mori (born 1982), Turkish singer
- Yasemin Smit (born 1984), Dutch water polo player
- Yasemin Ustalar, Turkish boxer
- Yasemin Şamdereli (born 1973), Turkish-German actress
- Yasemin Saylar (born 1990), Turkish basketball player
[edit] Yasmeen
- Yasmeen Ghauri (born 1971), Canadian model
- Yasmeen Hameed, Pakistani Urdu poet
- Yasmeen Lari (born 1941), Pakistani architect
- Yasmeen Sulieman, American singer
[edit] Yasmin
- Yasmin (musician), British DJ and singer-songwriter
- Yasmin Abbasey (born 1950), Pakistani judge
- Yasmin Abdulaziz (born 1980), Egyptian actress
- Yasmin Aga Khan (born 1949), American Pakistani philanthropist
- Yasmin Ahmad (1958–2009), Malaysian film director
- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (born 1949), Ugandan-born British journalist and author
- Yasmin Bannerman (born 1972), English actress
- Yasmin Bevan, English headteacher
- Yasmin Brunet (born 1988), Brazilian model
- Yasmin Deliz (born 1987), American reggaetón singer-songwriter, model and actress
- Yasmin Hernandez (born 1994), Pueto Rican dancer
- Yasmin K. (born 1986), German pop singer
- Yasmin Kafai, German professor
- Yasmin Le Bon (born 1964), British Iranian fashion model
- Yasmin Lee, Brazilian transsexual pornographic film actor
- Yasmin Levy (born 1975), Israeli singer-songwriter of Sephardic music
- Yasmin Paige (born 1991), English actress
- Yasmin Qureshi (born 1963), British politician
- Yasmin Ratansi (born 1951), Canadian politician
- Yasmin Siraj (born 1996), American figure skater
- Yasmin Virani (born 1979), Canadian actor
- Yasmin Vossoughian, American journalist
- Yasmin Warsame (born 1976), Somali-Canadian model
- Yasmin Yusoff, Malaysian singer
[edit] Yasmina
- Yasmina Azzizi-Kettab (born 1966), retired Algerian heptathlete
- Yasmina Khadra (born 1955), Algerian author
- Yasmina Reza (born 1959), French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter
- Yasmina Siadatan (born 1981), British businesswoman of Iranian descent
[edit] Yasmine
- Yasmine (1972–2009), Flemish singer
- Yasmine Belmadi (1976–2009), French actor of Algerian origin
- Yasmine Bleeth (born 1968), American actress
- Yasmine Galenorn, Romantic fiction writer
- Yasmine Hanani (born 1980), American actress
- Yasmine Kassari (born 1970), Belgian-Moroccan film director
- Yasmine Lafitte (born 1973), French pornographic actress
- Yasmine Mahmoudieh, German architect
- Yasmine Naghdi, British ballet dancer
- Yasmine Oudni (born 1989), Algerian international volleyball player
- Yasmine Pahlavi (born 1968), wife of Reza Pahlavi II, Crown Prince of Iran
- Yasmine White (born 1989), American triathlete
[edit] Yassmin
- Yassmin Alers, American stage actor
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[edit] Surname
- Samina Yasmeen, Pakistani professor
- Fauzia Yasmin (born 1942), Bangladeshi musician
- Sabina Yasmin (born 1953), Bangladeshi singer
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[edit] Fictional characters
- Yasmin Green, Family Affairs character played by Ebony Thomas from 1998 until 2005
